Lessons from the Greatest Stock Traders of All Time

<p><b>The trading strategies of legends Jesse Livermore Bernard Baruch Gerald Loeb and more provide ways to triumph in the market</b></p> <p>Today's bookshelves are so laden with Johnny-come-lately experts eager to sell their knowledge to any and all that it's sometimes hard for traders to know which way to turn or whom to trust. <i>Lessons from the Greatest Stock Traders of All Time</i> makes the choice simple examining the careers of five traders--Jesse Livermore Bernard Baruch Gerald Loeb Nicolas Darvas and Bill O'Neil--who more than any others over the past century demonstrated tremendous success at conquering Wall Street.</p> <p>This technique-filled book presents numerous ways in which the timeless strategies of these investing icons can be used to tame today's high-speed unforgiving marketplaces. Comparing and contrasting the successes--and occasional failures--of these five giants of finance it reveals:</p> <ul> <li>What Jesse Livermore did to correctly call every market break between 1917 and 1940 <li>How Bill O'Neil stuck to basics to create his famously effective CANSLIM system <li>The strategies Nicolas Darvas used to become a self-made millionaire several times over </ul>